The maximum of 38,947 such cases across the country were registered in 2016
Current Affairs : More than 175,000 assault cases were accounted for in the nation between 2014-18 with Madhya Pradesh enrolling the most noteworthy number of cases all through this period, the most recent NCRB information appears.
The limit of 38,947 such cases the nation over were enlisted in 2016.
In 2014, 36,739 assault cases were accounted for, while 34,094 cases were enrolled in 2015, the information gathered by the focal organization under the Union Home Ministry expressed.
In 2018, 33,356 assaults were recorded the nation over, up from 32,559 out of 2017, the information said.
The all out number of assault cases enlisted in the nation during this five-year time frame remained at 1,75,695, as indicated by the most recent information accumulated by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
Madhya Pradesh bested the rundown with 25,259 cases during the five-year time frame, trailed by 19,406 in Uttar Pradesh, 18,542 in Rajasthan and 15,613 in Maharashtra.
Assam revealed 8,889 assault cases during the said period, while 8,693 such cases were enrolled in Delhi and 8,592 in Chhattisgarh.
In rate terms, assault cases established 8.8 percent of all out violations against ladies in 2018 (3,78,227), 9.04 percent in 2017 (3,59,849), 11.49 percent in 2016 (3,38,954), 10.35 percent in 2015 (3,29,243) and 10.82 percent in 2014 (3,39,457).
Specialists have regularly said that the ascent in the quantity of such violations is straightforwardly corresponding to the number of inhabitants in a state and it additionally mirrors that more FIRs are being enlisted by police. Continue Reading
Aditi Mehta 